Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 760

"Audrey?" Whitney sat in the Sheldon Group office, her brow furrowed in surprise, "Sorry, I hardly know you. Why should we meet?"

"What if I have something I want to discuss with you?" Audrey sneered.

Whitney raised an eyebrow. "And what's that?"

"Something involving you, me, and someone else," Audrey quickly added, noticing Whitney's impatience. "Oh, right. You reported your best friend, Tiana Melford, missing to the police, didn't you?" Whitney's suspicion spiked. "How do you know about that?"

"Let's just say I know a lot more. I have some things to tell you, but it's up to you if you want to listen. Meet me at the Sheldon Group!"

With that, Audrey hung up.

Whitney held her phone, lost in thought...

What did Audrey want to talk about?

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After hanging up, Audrey jumped into her newly purchased Tesla and sped towards the Sheldon Group.

As she drove through a newly developed area called Emperor City, her brakes suddenly failed.

Realizing something was wrong, Audrey frantically tried to stop the car, but it crashed into a construction site's steel rods.

The sharp rods pierced through the windshield in an instant.

"Ah!" Audrey screamed, eyes wide in horror.

She tried to reverse, but the brake system seemed to be controlled, relentlessly pushing her forward.

"No, please...it hurts!"

Blood quickly soaked her, until a steel rod completely impaled her, suspending her body in the air.

darkness enveloped her vision, a gush

as her car spun

this was no

did the brakes suddenly fail? This car was a gift

Bryce... He was terrifying.

about his dark side, and he

she knew

to pull out her

couldn't finish. Her hand slowly dropped to the ground as the

used the last of her strength to throw her phone

Audrey took her last breath, consumed by unresolved

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At the Sheldon Group.

Whitney was immediately pulled into a meeting

was already time to leave. Whitney wasn't fond of

on her sons, who were staying with the Lippert family, when Cody burst in, "Miss, there's a distraught middle-aged woman in the lobby insisting on

froze, puzzled,

mentioned Audrey. I don't know her," Cody

heart skipped

Audrey was dead?

it; Audrey had just

a furrowed brow, Whitney grabbed her coat and bag, "I'll go see this

Miss! She seems very agitated and might be carrying a small

intrigued, assuming the woman must

to confront a stranger. Perhaps something

me," Whitney decided and headed downstairs. Cody, worried for her safety, attempted to call Bryce,

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out to Ludwik, hoping he would care enough to

the Sheldon Group

You wicked woman! Come out here! You're married to Bryce, why couldn't you leave my Audrey alone? She was just working as Bryce's secretary, invited by Claire. There was nothing between them! Audrey died impaled on those rods, burned beyond recognition. I can't live with this, but I'll take you down with me if I have

called out

immediately restrained the